A Democrat and Republican weigh in on government shutdown : NPR

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Most of the federal government is closed after the Senate Republicans and Democrats did not conclude a funding agreement to keep it open.

Democrats wanted to extend subsidies to the Act respecting affordable care (ACA) used to make health insurance premiums more affordable for millions, but the Republicans said they wanted to discuss the credits after concluding an agreement to finance the government. Democrats also wanted to repeal the cuts made to health care programs by the signature legislation of President Trump – the Big Beautiful Bill law.

Trump blamed the Democrats for the closure and said last week that he would seek a means of making a “reduction in force” of federal workers in case the government closed.

So where is the Congress here? Morning editionLeila Fadel spoke to two members of the Chamber – Democrat Rosa Delauro from Connecticut and Republican Mike Haridopolos de Florida – to have a meaning.

Here’s what they had to say.

Haridopolos hopes that more democrats will come to support the reopening of the government

Representative Mike Haridopolos, a Florida Republican, arrives with other first -year students from the 119th Congress for a new membership orientation program on Capitol Hill on November 14, 2024 in Washington, DC, DC

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Tuesday evening, the democratic senses John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada – as well as the independent king of Angus of Maine, who caucus with the Democrats – would have voted for a plan supported by the Republican in the Senate which would have kept the government opened for seven weeks.

Haridopolos blamed the Democrats for having closed the government, but said that it was “encouraged” by the three democratic votes that the Republicans obtained.

“This is not the final negotiation. It is a week of seven weeks, what we call stopgap, so that workers are not known,” said Haridopolos. “We want them to continue to work because not only to be paid, but more importantly, providing the services that people have paid as taxpayers.”

Haridopolos added that he understood the policy of the moment, but said it was a “win-win” situation to keep the government open and that health care negotiations can be done later as president of the Mike Johnson Chamber and the head of the majority of the Senate John Thune.

Haridopolos said that negotiations will be a “driving and taking process”, but he noted that Trump had campaigned “on the idea that we have a significant budget deficit and that we must put the expenses in accordance with income.”

You can listen to the full interview with Haridopolos here.

Delauro says Democrats don’t trust

The representative of the Rosa Delauro classification, Democrat of Connecticut, is addressed to the Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley while testifies during a hearing of the Commission of the Credit Chamber, Labor Sub-Comeding, Health and Human Services, related agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, November 20. 2024.

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Delauro, the classification member of the Chamber’s credit committee, said negotiation with the Republicans “seems wonderful”.

However, she added that after having seen President Trump trying to reshape the federal government through the Doge and Elon Musk gel appropriate by Congress through his constitutionally delegate power of the handbag, there is no “confidence factor” between the two parties.

She also noted Russell Vought, director of the American management and budget office, claiming earlier this year that “the credits process must be less bipartite” as a reason for which confidence has broken down.

“If you trust what they say they are going to do, I have a bridge that I’m going to sell you,” said Delauro.

Democrats will focus on healthcare impact reductions may have on the American public, said Delauro. According to estimates of the Congressional Budget Budget Office, reductions in expenses made on the Medicaid markets and the ACA via the Trump signature bill, according to estimates of the Congressional Budget Office.

“What we have to do is make sure that the cuts are no longer there, that we approach the cost of living and that we save health care for the American people,” said Delauro. “This is what is at stake. This is what Democrats are ready to do.”

You can listen to the full interview with Delauro here.

This digital article was published by Treye Green.